Thyrohyoid muscle

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Thyrohyoid muscle
Muscles of the neck. Lateral view. (Thyrohyoideus visible center-left.)
Muscles of the neck. Anterior view. (Thyrohyoideus visible center-left.)
Latin	musculus thyrohyoideus
Gray's	subject #112 394
Origin:	thyroid cartilage
Insertion:	hyoid bone
Artery:
Nerve:	first cervical nerve
Action:
Dorlands/Elsevier	m_22/12551152

The Thyrohyoid muscle is a small, quadrilateral muscle appearing like an upward continuation of the Sternothyreoideus.

It arises from the oblique line on the lamina of the thyroid cartilage, and is inserted into the lower border of the greater cornu of the hyoid bone.

[edit] Additional images

Hyoid bone. Anterior surface. Enlarged.	The veins of the thyroid gland.	Hypoglossal nerve, cervical plexus, and their branches.	The right brachial plexus with its short branches, viewed from in front.
Side view of the larynx, showing muscular attachments.

[edit] See also

• muscular triangle
• Thyrohyoid membrane

[edit] External links

• LUC thyh
• SUNY Labs 25:03-0106
• SUNY Labs 25:10-0105
• Dictionary at eMedicine Thyrohyoid+muscle
• Roche Lexicon - illustrated navigator, at Elsevier 25420.000-1
• PTCentral

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